Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-01
PRODUCE.
Wheeling.

u Il Nh"Suop 1--WE
Business has opened mp for the week in
good condition and the outlook is encour-
aging. Green apples are coming pretty
freely and $500 per barrel is being paid
for home stock, if fancy. Cabbage is be-
coming plentiful, the late stock is begin
ming TO arrive and prices are weaker.
There is a much better demand for pota-
toes and price, have advanced. Tomatoes
are more plentiful. Butter is still in good
supply, and the demand keeps up, while
prices remain the same. Watermelons are
rather "a drug on the market owing to the
GOODNESS Of the weather. Spring chickens
continue in good demand, with prices I'M
changed. The following are wholesale
quotations.:
Butter-Country choice 19a22c; good
country l5a17c; common 5a6c. The supply
is scarce and the demand is good.
Beans-FOr new hand-picked navy the
demand is good and the supply light.
Prices are 81 so per bushel.
C~heese-Prime mild Ohio factory Sic;
New York 14a15c; Sweitzer 13la14c; Lin
berger 9al0. Market nominal.
Eggs|Strictly fresh stock 14c per dozen.
Supply fair, demand good.
Feathers-Choice in original packages
5Oa55c; in small lots 4a5c extra.
POtatOes-Home raised, new 81 75a2 90
per barrel, with scarce supply and good
demand.
Poultry Live chickens, old, So 90
per dozen; spring chickens 81 50a2 80
per dozen; demand good and supply heavy.
Rags-Steady at Halle for white mixed
cotton; 1al3c for all wool, and 1fa13 for
mixed.
Lard-Country prime, with a fair de-
mand, at 63a7c.
Onious-Per bushel 81 90; demand good;
supply scarce.
Cucumbers--10a15c per dozen; demand
poor, supply heavy.
Cabbage-Home raised 81 GOAL 25 per
barrel; demand fair; supply fair.
New Corn-Per dozen Zoe; supply fair,
demand slow.
New Tomatoes-50c per bushel demand
poor; supply heavy.
Nutmegs-Home raised 81 GOAL so per
barrel; supply good; demand light.
Fears-Home raised So 80 per barrel;
supply light; demand good.
Peaches-Per box 81 OOa2 80; demand
good; supply light
New York.
NEW YORK, August 3l.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, 32,473 packages; exports, 425 bar
rels, l3, 270 sacks; market generally steady;
sales l,600 barrels; superfine western and
State 81 40a3 10; common to choice white
Western extra 81 30a4 so. Wheat-Re-
ceipts, 20, 775 bushels; exports S3,2SS
bushels; spot lots a shade higher but less
active; options opened firm and advanced
!asc, later ruled easier and before the close
the improvement vas partly lost; specula-
ton very fair; sales 1913 OO bushels fu-
lures; 2l0,0 600 bushels spot; No. . Chicago
Use; uDgraded red 77aS1c; No. 3 red 764
76ic; No. = red 79la79sc elevator, SOFA
S0sc delivered; No. l red nominal at S3!c:
No. / white nominal at S34c; No. 9 red
August 79tsT9lc; September 79la79sc,
closing al 79sc; October S0sas0 1850,
closing at sole; November sl3aS2c, clos
ing at SIC; December S3aS3 9-l6c, closing
ut s3Sc; January S4ssS4sc, closing at size;
February S5las53c, closing at S5}c, closing
at s5ie; May sSsaS93c, closing at sole;
June ~S9saS9ic, closing.at S93c. Corn
Spot lots firm and lasc higher, closing with
less strength; receipts 81, $50 bushels; ex-
ports "a 5 bushels; sales So, 900 BUSH
els futures; 25S, 900 bushels spot and TO ar
rive; ungraded 4~9ia503c; No. 2 sole, in
store; 5OIa505c delivered, to arrive; Sep.
TENDER 49sa49sc, closing at 49sc; 0cto-
har lQ3a SOlc closing at lgie. November
5~0ta5Osc, closing at sole; December SOFA
size, closing at sole; May 523a52sc,
closing at 524c. Oats-Firm; receipts 49,
900 bushels; exports none; sales 375, 900
bushels futures and 1870, 900 bushels spot;
mixed western 30a33c; white do 35a40c.
Hay Steady. Hops-Quiet and weak.
Coffee-Spot fair; Rio firm at poe; options
l5a20 points lower, moderately active, clos
ing steady; sales 1850 tags; September
Is. O5alS. zoe; October Is 25alS. 40c; No
vember Is 45a1s. 55c: December Is 5Oa
Is. zoe; January Is Csc; February Is 55
Is. roc; March Is. 65a1Ss Sc; April ls SOC.
Sugar-Firm and in moderate demand;
refined firm and in good demand; powdered
Sic. Molasses-Quiet and unchanged.
Rice Steady. Petroleum-Firm; crude
5Ia6fe; refined sc; United 64lc. Tallow
Quiet and firm. Rosin-Dull. Turpen-
tine-Dull. Eggs-In fair demand; receipts
{, 67I packages; western 13a16c. Pork
Active and firm; sales 800 barrels of mess
Lard-2a4 points higher; western steam
spot quoted at Sc AZ; September Sc Tia
s IA; October Sc 75a6 20; November S. "A
as IS; December S. 73a6 "a; January IS "a